Apple'sEddyCueOpensUpAboutTheiTunesFestivalAndiTunesRadio

Apple’s new iTunes Radio service is primarily about helping users listen to the music they love. Another goal is to make it easier for them to discover new albums that are available for streaming, according to Eddy Cue, Apple’s vice president of Internet Software and Services.
Asked by Entertainment Weekly how much influence the success of streaming debuts had on iTunes Radio, Cue noted:

We certainly knew we would leverage it for iTunes Radio but the primary key to iTunes Radio was to create it custom for you. When you’re talking premiering song, what we’re doing iTunes Festival-wise, we knew iTunes Radio was a perfect place for that so it’s perfect alignment.